Member: North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina State Bar Council (1993-2001); North Carolina Bar Association (Inductee, General Practice Hall of Fame, 1999); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Civic:Columbia Rotary Club (Past President); Columbia Masonic Lodge.

He served as Prosecutor for Tyrrell County Recorders Court, County Attorney for Tyrrell County (1968-2005), Attorney for Tyrrell County Board of Elections (1968-1995), and as President of the 2nd Judicial District Bar Association.